Temple Guiting Preceptory Explained

Temple Guiting Preceptory was a medieval monastic house of the Knights Templar in Gloucestershire, England. It was founded around the middle of the twelfth century, receiving grants of land from Gilbert de Lacy and Roger de Waterville. Following the closure of the order in 1308–1309, the last preceptor of Guiting was sent to a monastery in the Diocese of Worcester with a small maintenance charged upon the lands of Temple Guiting.^[1]

There was a fulling mill established at Temple Guiting, Gloucestershire by 1185 which was documented in the Doomsday Book. ^[2]

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Notes and References

1. W. Page (ed.), 'House of Knights Templars: The preceptory of Guiting', in A History of the County of Gloucester, Vol. 2 (V.C.H., London 1907), p. 113 (British History Online, accessed 3 February 2018).
2. The Doomsday Book. Englands Heritage, Then and now.Book Club Associates, 1985. Editor:Thomas Hinde. Page 107.